Is the crisis back already?

Or can this Hertha team just not do better?

After four points from two games, the new coach Tayfun Korkut has seen his team relapse into old patterns.

“In no way did we manage what we set out to do,” said the 47-year-old after the clear 4-0 defeat of the Berlin Bundesliga club at FSV Mainz, “especially after conceding the first goal, we didn't come back Game."

While Korkut attested the team a game at eye level in the first quarter of an hour, Kevin-Prince Boateng was much more critical. “We didn't get into the game from the first to the last minute, we lost almost all of the duels and were not present at all. We knew that Mainz would play intensely. We didn't really get on the offensive and had little possession, ”said the midfielder, who was substituted at the break and described the performance as a“ total failure ”.

However, the 34-year-old, who had praised the new spirit within the team after the separation from coach Pal Dardai after the 2-0 win over Arminia Bielefeld, referred to the first games under Korkut: "Before that we had two good games, that's why it's not so bad. ”In order not to let the effect of the change of coach completely vanish into thin air, the team had to“ show commitment and will again at the end of the first half and show a good game. Then we'll be hard to beat. ”However, it will be against Borussia Dortmund on Saturday (6.30 p.m. in the FAZ live ticker for the Bundesliga and on Sky).

In addition to the lack of calm in the ball control and the frequent uncontrolled knocking of the ball out of the defense, there was also the failure of the two top performers Stevan Jovetic and Suat Serdar. The Montenegrin striker had to leave the field after half an hour with muscular problems, the former Mainz player followed half an hour later with problems with his knee. "We'll have to wait and see what the doctors say," said Korkut, hoping that both can play again against Dortmund.

With regard to the upcoming opponent, Korkut still has to digest the damper from the Mainzer Arena, “because there were new impressions for me after the first two games.

There were big differences today.

What distinguished us in the first two games was missing today. ”The former trainer from VfB Stuttgart and Bayer Leverkusen rejected a possible state of shock:“ You are never scared as a coach. ”

Korkut refers again to the 2-2 in Stuttgart at its premiere and the victory over the harmless Bielefeld.

“The team has shown that they can do better,” said the former Turkish international, who after an in-depth analysis would like to optimally prepare the team for BVB: “It didn't go well today.

But that doesn't mean that it doesn't work. "